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OVERSLEEP

/əʊvəˈsliːp/9 letters

Definition of OVERSLEEP

verb

To sleep for longer than intended.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From over- + sleep.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

OVERSLEEP in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its one board, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
113
First board
6
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

fork

on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OVERSLEEP
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

OVERSLEEP starts with O and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read EEELOPRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start OVERSL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

OVERSLIPOVERSLOWOVERSLEPTOVERSLIPSOVERSLIPTOVERSLAUGHOVERSLEEPSOVERSLEEVEOVERSLAUGHSOVERSLEEVESOVERSLIPPEDOVERSLAUGHED

Could you have found OVERSLEEP?

OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 113 - and most players walked straight past it.

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